Labour Market Evolution: The Economic History of Market Integration, Wage Flexibility and the Employment Relation - Hardcover

 
9780415108652: Labour Market Evolution: The Economic History of Market Integration, Wage Flexibility and the Employment Relation
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415108659 ISBN 13: 9780415108652
Publisher: Routledge, 1994

Synopsis

How have modern labour markets developed? Both labour economists and economic historians agree that it is necessary to look at labour markets in their historical context. Labour Market Evolution does just this.
The contributors examine the operation and development of labour markets in Western Europe and North America since 1500. They address the key questions in this complicated process using new quantitative evidence. First, how closely connected were geographically distant labour markets? Second, how flexible were markets in the past - did wages change in response to demand shocks? Did workers move across space and occupations in response to cyclical or seasonal conditions. Third, were relationships between employees and employers short-term or long-term? Why did relationships change, and what were the implications for the flexibility and integration of markets? In examining these factors, this volume draws on modern labour economic theory and up-to-date quantitative techniques to show how current traditions and systems have evolved.

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About the Author

George Grantham is Associate Professor of Economics and Mary MacKinnon is Associate Professor of Economics at McGill University

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415108659
ISBN 13 
9780415108652
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
336
Editor
Grantham George, MacKinnon Mary